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  • So uhh, my name is Caesar.

  • I started smoking when I was about 15 years old.

  • I didn't really get into vaping until I turned about 18, 19.

  • I'm Alec Ellis.

  • I'm from here, Pasadena local born and raised.

  • I'm a jujitsu athlete, so I do a lot of physical activity.

  • I train six days a week.

  • I'm an active competitor.

  • And I vape.

  • And the reason why I vape is because, you know, back in high school, I used to smoke

  • cigarettes.

  • I started vaping when I was around 18 years old.

  • Actually a week after my birthday.

  • And it honestly changed my life.

  • My name is Steven Barry.

  • People ask me all the time what my vape story is because I'm a pretty strong believer in

  • vaping.

  • And part of the reason why is because my entire family smoked cigarettes.

  • I watched my Uncle Pat die of, I watched my Grandfather, my Grandmother, I watched my

  • entire family just pretty much wither away.

  • So I'm Ron Hopwood and I'm 50 years old.

  • I live in Upland, California but I work in Pasadena, California.

  • And I was a daily cigar smoker for 20 years.

  • I saw through the Internet that the city of Pasadena is rolling out a new public health

  • type program and they're classifying vapers as sheep.

  • I was offended.

  • I couldn't believe that they would -- here we are in California, a politically correct

  • state, a very progressive state, a very blue state, and now they're classifying a whole

  • bunch of people as sheep.

  • Labeling vapers as stupid sheep is really insulting.

  • They are calling you stupid sheep.

  • Anybody in PR knows that you do not denigrate and you do not shame your clients, you do

  • not do that with the general public because it will backfire.

  • Nothing good will come from this.

  • The government gave 1.5 million dollars to the city of Pasadena to discourage people

  • from vaping.

  • Whatever way is gonna work for you, it's a good thing.

  • We need you.

  • The world's a better place when you protect your right to vape, your ability to share

  • your story of recovery, your ability to stay away from cigarettes because of this incredible

  • invention.

So uhh, my name is Caesar.

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